Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello, MP)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition | 
| AASB | Australian Accounting Standards Board | 
| A Platform for Consultation | Review of Business Taxation: A Platform for Consultation | 
| A Tax System Redesigned | Review of Business Taxation: A Tax System Redesigned | 
| ADF | approved deposit fund | 
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investment Commission | 
| ATO | Australian taxation Office | 
| BAS | business activity statement | 
| CFC | controlled foreign company | 
| CGT | capital gains tax | 
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Taxation | 
| COT | continuity of ownership test | 
| December 2000 exposure draft | New Business Tax System (Consolidation) Bill 2000 exposure draft | 
| February 2002 exposure draft | New Business Tax System (Consolidation) Bill 2002 exposure draft | 
| GDP | gross domestic product | 
| ESAS | Employee Share Acquisition Scheme | 
| FBT | fringe benefits tax | 
| FIF | foreign investment fund | 
| GIC | general interest charge | 
| ITAA 1936 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 | 
| ITAA 1997 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 | 
| ITRA 1986 | Income Tax Rates Act 1986 | 
| MEC | multiple entry consolidated | 
| PAYG | pay as you go | 
| pooled deposit fund | |
| PST | pooled superannuation trust | 
| RSA | retirement savings account | 
| SAC | Statement of Accounting Concept | 
| SAP | substituted accounting period | 
| SBT | same business test | 
| TAA 1953 | Taxation Administration Act 1953 | 
| TSA | tax sharing agreement | 
| Thin Capitalisation legislation | New Business Tax System (Thin Capitalisation) Act 2001 |